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ABYC standards and recommended practices for the design, construction, performance, and installation of electric navigation lights.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
Illustrated rules for port/starboard, steaming, and anchor lights and shapes for sailing vessels under 20 meters.
[U.S. Coast Guard, USA]
If you are considering a masthead tricolor, a masthead strobe, sidelights without sideboards, wiring for your running lights, you should read this article, which describes the dangers or annoyances you may be causing if you make the wrong choices.
[Ocean Navigator, May 1994]
Details of what′s required for placement of sidelights, particularly flush mounted port and starboard lights.
[BoatSafe.com, USA]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary about exterior lights . Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Matthews rates the equipment that he found most useful, including his masthead tricolor navigation light, on a cruise from Charleston down through the islands to Venezuela.
[SailNet]
How to check your running lights plus how to check your knowledge of rules and safety practices.
[Yachtsurvey.com]
A lot can happen to reduce the visibility of your nav lights, from the lens all the way back to the battery and beyond. Here′s how to check that yours are working properly. 2 pages with diagrams
[Sail Magazine, September 2005]
An engineer and the owner of a small cruiser tells you how to modify your existing lights to run on energy-saving LED′s.
[Sarana At Sea, USA]
30 LED nav lights from Aqua-Signal, Orca Green, Lopolight, Perko, Innovative, Unified, and Hella are rated on visibility at 1 and 2 miles, as well as current draw at 12 and 13.75 volts. 5 pages with photos and tabular results.
[Practical Sailor, 1 September 2005]When all three lights I see ahead, I turn to Starboard and show my Red: Green to Green, Red to Red, Perfect Safety -- Go Ahead.
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